After encountering this group of defeated Wehrmacht infantry, Wittmann and Enschel needed to face the most realistic question at the moment: How to proceed next?

Fortunately, the 101st Heavy Armored Battalion of the Waffen-SS, the unit led by Wittmann and Enschel, is the closest integrated armored unit to the front-line landing site in Normandy. Another armored unit placed in Normandy

Division, they will have to wait until at least this afternoon to get to the front line and join the battle. I heard that they were also attacked by Allied air attacks.

Wittmann was puzzled at first. The Allied forces had just landed on the beach. They had not yet established a stable foothold and did not even have a decent position. Where did the air attack planes come from?

Then I thought about it, maybe it was the long-range fighter jets and tactical bombers that took off from the British mainland, or it might be the naval carrier aviation force that took off from the aircraft carrier. In short, the bombs were indeed dropped on the foreheads of friendly troops. This point

It is always irrefutable. As for where these planes come from, it seems not so important.

"The task assigned to us by our superiors is to reach the town of Kalivo, storm the Allied beachhead junction, and prevent them from connecting the landing sites. Two infantry battalions of the Wehrmacht are stationed here, but they lack heavy weapons and anti-armor

Firepower.”

"Once the Allied forces establish a landing site on the beach, I guess the first thing they will do is to send heavy equipment, such as tanks and armored vehicles, to the beach. Then they will try to expand the landing site and connect them together. This town will be the first to bear the brunt.

The target. According to this group of defeated Wehrmacht infantry, they had been escaping for some time and even met us halfway to take a look."

"I guess the town has been attacked now, and we don't even rule out the possibility of falling. In a battle of this level, what can two battalions of defenders do? This is a strategic point, and the Allies will take it even if there are corpses everywhere.

People's lives were piled on it, and we don't have other friendly forces to cooperate with us to cover it, so we may run into big trouble if we rush over like this."

Pressing the unfolded combat map on the side skirt of the King Tiger, Wittmann started analyzing it on the spot, pointing to the town marked with a red circle on the map with a serious look on his face. If the situation changed,

Whether it is necessary to continue to carry out the orders from superiors and whether to report the situation again for instructions is the question that Wittmann and Enschel need to resolve as soon as possible.

"I just asked them about the detailed time. It took less than an hour at most from the time they retreated to meeting us. And when they retreated and took advantage of the chaos to escape without authorization, there were still several areas on the beach.

The positions on the block are still fighting and have not been captured. This has been confirmed by several people."

"Assuming that these remaining beachheads can hold the Allies back for at least half an hour, then there will only be half an hour left for the Allies to transport heavy equipment to the shore and assemble troops. Even if the two battalions of the Wehrmacht are two

A battalion of pigs could not be captured even if the Allies gave them another hour."

"I am optimistic about the war situation, Wittmann. No matter how fast the Allied forces advance, it is unlikely that they will capture the town before we arrive. If they enter the town, we will assist the two battalions of the Wehrmacht to capture them.

Drive out, hold on until dark, and then follow the instructions from your superiors. If they are storming the outside, then we will attack the flanks of these allied forces and cut off their offensive line in order to relieve the town's defenses as soon as possible."

"This is a combat plan that I think is feasible. If you have any suggestions, just tell us. We will get on the road immediately after solving the problem."

The remaining time must be raced against time, and not a single bit of the remaining time can be wasted. Understanding this, Wittmann stared at the map, thought carefully for a while, and finally nodded to Enschel.

"Okay, I basically agree with your judgment, let's do it. But there is a problem, Enschel, if a street fighting breaks out in a town, we don't know how many enemy infantry there are. We only have a battalion of SS at hand.

Army infantry, if those Wehrmacht troops fight too badly, we risk being overwhelmed by the enemy in street fighting, you know what I mean."

What Wittmann was worried about was that if he rushed to the battlefield and faced the situation where the enemy had already rushed into the town and was engaging in street fighting with the two battalions of the Wehrmacht, then his side would inevitably be involved in the meat grinder of street fighting.

risks of.

If this is an open field, the battlefield terrain is conducive to the deployment of armored troops. It is okay to say that the infantry to cooperate is less. At worst, it can directly attack at full speed at high speed and penetrate these allied troops. The town will naturally be surrounded.

It falls apart, and our mission objective is naturally achieved.

But if the armored forces are unable to unleash their street-fighting meat grinder, and the Allies have the advantage in strength and there is a steady stream of follow-up support troops, Wittmann is worried that rushing into the town will be equivalent to rushing into hell. The infantry who are cooperating

After suffering heavy casualties, he was sooner or later buried alive by the Allied infantry that surrounded him from all sides.

Street fighting is different from mobile warfare in the field. Tanks that cannot be deployed at all can be extremely easily destroyed without infantry cover in street fighting.

Let alone an anti-tank gun, even if the cluster grenade is stuffed into the cracks of the tank tracks or thrown on the heat dissipation window of the power cabin, the King Tiger, with a combat weight of nearly 70 tons, will still be blown up on the spot and unable to move.

During the Battle of Stalingrad, there were wounded Russian soldiers who jumped from upstairs onto the foreheads of German tanks with explosive packs in their hands. Their desperate madness was really scary. Wittmann did not dare to talk about those long-distance journeys.

The coming Allied forces also had the Russians' desperate will to defend their own territory, but the reason why they should never underestimate their opponents was still obvious.

Enschel, who has worked with Wittmann for a long time, naturally knows what Master Wei means.

To be honest, Wittmann's worries are by no means alarmist. This is a real situation that is very likely to happen. If the situation on the battlefield is really like this, Enschel clearly knows that his side will either lose the town and retreat, or be defeated by the tidal wave of gangs.

The invading Allied troops were pinned down and buried alive in the town, and there was no other possibility.

But now you have to go up even if you don't, it's not up to you. Enshel, who regards honor and loyalty as sacred things despite the overwhelming military orders, will not allow himself to do anything cowardly.

No matter what happens next, even if I die today, I will still have a place in the graveyard in the town.

Thinking of this, Enschel, who had already made up his mind to die, turned his head firmly and said those extremely classic words to Wittmann.
Chapter completed!